Route-sign for street-cars.



NMMfQJW H E. CHUBBUCK.

ROUTE SIGN FOR STREET CARS. APPLICATIION EILED MAR.6|1913.

.Patent dJune s, 1915.

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STA a s PATE OFFICE.

H EUGENE CHUBBUCK, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

ROUTE-SIGN non STREET-CARS.

is to combine in a single unitary structure a destlnat on or signal panel on which is painted a large character denoting the route of the car, said character being very conspicuous and readable at a great distance during daylight, and the area of said painted portion of the character is perforated with suitable size perforations, whereby, the hours of darkness, when said sign is m use, rays of light, may shine throu h,sai'd character, illuminating the same, ma 'ng it conspicuous and readable at a considerable distance, said panel also having painted thereon beneath said large character, the name of the street which marks the route of the car, or the name by which the car is known, and which said character represents, the letters of said name being enforated, whereby, during. the hoursof dar mess, said large and bold character.

The referred embodiment of this invenname willibe alegible in-likeinanner as said .tion is ully illustrated the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved sign, the same being shown mounted on one corner of a car roof; Fig. 2 is a cross section in plan as the same would appear if taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the sign structure, a portion of itsltop plate broken away, and Fig. 4 is a face view ofone of the plates of the sign on which the destination or route character and names are placed.

The sign is made up in the form of a triangular shaped box 1, the right angular face portions 2 and 3 of which, face respectively, to the front and side of the car, see Fi 1. The box 1 comprises the corner angle 11'011 uprights or supports 4, 5, and 6, which at their lower ends are lit as at 7, producing the feet 8 adapted to e suitably secured'tothe roof A of a car for supportrn said box in position. The angle iron uprig t or su port '5 is braced by the inner smaller ang e Specification of Letters Patent. Application'filed mm. e, 1913. I Serial No. 752,283.

- araanged on said box.

during v Patented June 8, 1915.

iron upright or support 9, which also serves as a spacing member and to which is secured' the further and inner angle iron upright or support 10. As shown, between the uprights 5 and 10 forming run-ways for panels, to be described, whlch are removably and interchangeably he angle iron uprights or supports 4 guideways 11 are arranged,

and 6 are braced by the Inner angle iron uprights or standards 12, which are so connected to said angle iron uprights 4 and 6 as to provide the guideways 13 forming runways for the opposite edges of the panels aforesaid, which also have a removable and interchangeable relation with said uprights or standards 4' and 6. The corner uprights orstandards 4, 5 and 6 and associated bracing structure are united or braced by the angle iron band 14. This band is removed a suitable distance abov the feet 8 of said standard and at 15 is cut away to adapt the band to embrace said. uprights or standards 4, 5 and 6, as additional angle iron part forming the lower connecting structure for said uprights, be-

best seen in Fig. 2. 16 is an.

ing secured to the uprights or' standards 4 and 6. To the underside of the horizontal fiat faces of said angle iron band 14 and said angle iron part 16' is secured a plate 17, which may be termed the bottom of the box 1. Plates '18 and 19, Fig. 1, connected respectively to the standards!) and 6 and 5 and-4,- Serve as aprons to complete the facing front and side portions of the box;

At the upper ends of the uprights or standards 4, 5 and 6, an angle 'iron'brace member 20 is provided, connecting said parts in manner seen in Fig. 3, and completing the upper bracing structure, is an angle iron part 21 connecting the uprights 4 and 6. The top 22 of the box is laid on and suitably secured to the horizontal flat faces of the parts 20 and 21, see Fig. 3. A back plate 16 is secured, to the lower angle iron part 16 and upper angle iron part 21.

23 are signal panels, both f which have a removable 0F interchangeable relation with the uprights or standards ofsaid box. One of said panels, serves as the front panel, facing the direction in which the car is moving, and said panel is slidably carried in the grooves or run-ways 11 and 13 of said box, while the other panel-serves as the side anel, facing the curb or side of thestreet, an said panel is also slidably carried in the similar .at 26. In other words the character or such letter has grooves or run-ways 11v and 13 of said box. The panels'are duplicates of each other and the description of one will sufiice for both. Each has knobs or hand holds or grips 24, by means of which a person may remove or place a panel or panels.

On the panel 23 is painted a large and bold character, preferably a letter, designated 25. In'this instance the character 25 is the letter West Bluff which is also painted on the panel, beneath the letter W It is obvious that the letter may represent any name, such as will designate the destination or route of the car or be the name by which the car is. moregenerally known, as'for instance, standing for Knoxville.

.The area or surface of the panel covered by the-letter or character is perforated,1 as

etter is not only painted on the panel, but is also an open or perforated character or'letter. I paintthe letter black and the size of been determined by experi-' ments, and the same may be read during the day-light at a distance of an ordinary city block. The perforations 25 are of a suitable size and uniformly arranged, so that said perforations, when a light is caused to shine through the same, conspicuously discloses to the pedestrian for the distance of approximately a city block, what the letter is. In this way the letter is legible at a considerable distance during the day and also legible during the night. A light may be provlded, by placing an incandescent light at a suitable place within. the box, not shown, and wired in any suitable'manner. The name beneath the letter, which denotes the destination or route of the car, or the'name by which the car is fa 'liarly known, is also painted in black, and the letters need only W representing the name shown,

be of such a size as to be legible at a reason= able distance, so that, a person who is not familiar with the route of the car, as designated by the letter, which as stated, repre-; sents the name by which the car is lmown, may easily and quickly select his car to reach the destination he may seek, The name be ing in black is easily readable for a reasonable distance during daylight, and that it may be legible for a reasonable distance at night, each letter of the name be it West Bluff] Knoxville or some other name, is an open or perforated character, through which the light may shine.

I do not cover the perforations or use any color scheme, except that I paint the letters black. There being no covering over the perforations and no glass being used there is absolutely n9 chance ofthe letter being blurred during rain or snow, and thereby destroy the function of the sign during the night time. The letter and thename, which the letter represents, being continued in one unitary structure and arranging the same as they are both directly in the line of vision when a person is endeavoring to discern his particular car and he is thereby enabled to locate the car much more quickly than ever before.

What I claim is 1 A route sign for street cars, including a member, said member having a route indicating name thereon, and a character representing an abbreviation of the name and being of a size considerably greater than that 1 of the name.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

, H EUGENE OHUBBUGK. Witnesses C. A. WrLLoUcHiBY, W. H. CRnvIs'roN. 

